Introduction to textile technology
- Date: Tuesday 3 March 2020, 09:00 – 17:00
- Location: Design
- Interval: Every day
- Until: Wednesday 4 March 2020
- Cost: £545.00
This course will give you a wide overview of textile manufacturing, from fibres to yarns, through to dyeing, printing and finishing.
On completion of the two-day course, you’ll have a better understanding of the products you are working with be it in fabric production, garments and accessories and household textiles.
This course will take place at the Village Hotel Manchester – Hyde.
Course content
Day 1
• The textile manufacturing chain
• Classification and properties of fibres
- an outline of their production
• Classification of yarns
- cotton, woollen, worsted and linen production systems
- continuous filament production and texturing
• Yarn count
- linear density and twist
• Nonwoven fabrics
- classification and production systems
• Knitted fabrics
- weft knitting
- stitches, structure, production
- needles and machines
Day 2
• Woven fabrics
- weaving systems
- construction design
- fabric construction and sett
• Colouration
- dyes
- dyeing methods
- colour fastness
• Preparation and printing systems
• Finishing techniques
- methods
- aims